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Osteological Studies of the Subfamily Ardeince. 
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is not nearly as great as we find it in many others of the class. 
At its summit there is an oval, convex facet for the glenoid cavity. 
Various bones from the neck and the right upper and lower extremities of Ardea 
herodias. A 1 from the same specimen, and life size. 
Fig. 15. Proximal extremity, right lateral view of the tarso-metatarsus. 
Fig. 16. Same bone from above. 
Fig. 17. Same bone, anteri jr aspect of distal extremity. 
Fig. 18. Same extremity seen from below. 
Fig. 19. Proximal end of fibula seen from above. 
Fig. 20. Outer aspect of fibula. 
Fig. 21. Proximal end of tibia, viewed from above. 
Fig. 22. Proximal extremity of carpo-metacarpus, inner view. 
Fig. 23. Anterior aspect, proximal third Of tibia. 
P'ig. 24. The distal extremity of the same bone, anterior view. 
Fig. 25. Left lateral aspect of atlas. 
Fig. 26. Same view of the axis. 
Fig. 27. Same view of the sixth cervical vertebra. 
This is separated from the ulnar crest by a deep intervening 
